:empty pseudo-class and empty elementsIan HicksonCSS 3 Module W3C Selectors Next :empty pseudo-class and XML/SGML constructs Previous :empty pseudo-class and empty elements Test # 234 of 296 Testing :empty pseudo-class and empty elements ID 149b Date 2001-11-15 Revision 1.0
This line should have a green background.
address:empty { background: lime; }
address { background: red; margin: 0; height: 1em; }
.text { margin: -1em 0 0 0; }
<address xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"></address>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="text">This line should have a green background.</div>